PMC Racing Has Mixed Results to Start 2011 Desert Racing Season

PMC Racing’s two-truck team launched its attack on the Arizona desert on February 5th, 2011 with mixed results.  The PMC Racing Trophy Truck #15 finished out the weekend with a DNF, while the PMC Racing Stock Full #8105 was edged out of victory and had to settle for 2nd place for the weekend.

 The BITD Parker 425 featured the world’s best off-road racers all seeking victory in Best In The Desert’s series opening race.  The PMC Racing Trophy Truck that qualified 46th out of 80 vehicles blazed off the start line fighting dust along with the early morning sun before being caught in a bottleneck at race mile 5.  The PMC Racing #15 was the first race vehicle to arrive at the bottleneck that was created by a rolled over class 1 buggy down a steep single-track downhill.  There was no way around so Jimmy driver of the #15 PMC Racing Trophy Truck along with the help of Jason Campbell in the Camburg Racing Trophy Truck #75 pushed the buggy down the hill to clear room for vehicles to get through.  “After pushing the buggy down and clearing the bottleneck we weren’t in a position to free ourselves from the rolled buggy and 30 race vehicles got around us, once getting past the bottleneck our 2011 season started to unfold the way we had prepared, we stormed back through the field and up to 15th overall by the end of lap one,” commented Jim Beaver driver of the PMC Racing Trophy Truck #15.  However, shortly into lap two the PMC Racing Trophy Truck encountered a mechanical problem with the rear suspension and was down for over an hour making repairs.  Once the repairs were completed the #15 Trophy Truck continued on through the second lap before lady luck struck again this time at a remote location on the course where the #15 was forced only to try and limp the truck to a pit on the race course.  During this process further damage was caused and the #15 had to retire from the race.

In the 8100 Stock Full class Trent Beaver had a near chance for victory, but multiple flat tires caused him to finish in second place a short ten minutes behind the class winner.  Trent set off the start line last in class and by race mile 5 had worked his way up to forth on the road in class.  “I wanted to run a smooth race and not take any hard hits heading up the wash on the first lap, as I knew if you wanted any chance to win this race, it was just about getting your truck to survive the first two laps with no problems,” commented Trent.  Trent continued his blistering pace and by pit one he was in second place physically in class.  As he continued on, the PMC Racing Stock Full had to take ten gallons of gas at Midway pits each lap, this allowed another racer to around Trent as all other class 8100’s could make an entire lap on fuel.  “The ten gallons of gas we had to take at pit 3 each lap, definitely places us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors, but my intricate knowledge of the course allows me to charge hard in sections the other drivers may be tentative,” stated Trent Beaver driver of the #8105 PMC Racing Stock Full.  As lap two began, Trent found himself back in 2nd place and he and the leader mirrored each other’s moves for the next 130 race miles, never being separated by more then 2 ½ minutes.  As the PMC Racing Stock Full pulled into the main pits to start the third lap the PMC crew changed a flat tire, fueled the truck and changed drivers before starting lap three 2 minutes behind the leader.  Veteran off-road racer Kevin Davis took over the driving duties of the PMC Racing #8105 for the last lap and quickly put time on the leader and took the lead by 13 seconds on corrected time at pit one race mile 35.  However, bad luck hit the PMC Racing team more than once on this day when the #8105 experienced a flat tire at race mile 42.  The team lost valuable time to the leader, and the cards we stacked against them the rest of the way to the finish line.  PMC Racing ended up finishing in a comfortable 2nd place in the Stock Full 8100 class, four hours ahead of the 3rd place truck.

PMC Racing would like to thank all of their current sponsors for their continued support: Parker Motor Company, Ford Trucks, KC HiLites, Ringer’s Gloves, King Shocks, Reily’s Race Wire, MSD Ignition, Mogi Trans., Penn Neon Sign, NAPA Auto Parts, and Carrillo Farms.

For more information regarding sponsorships opportunities or to find out what PMC Racing has been up to before their next race the BITD SilverState 300 visit www.trentbeaver.com or www.jimmybeaver.com.

 About PMC Racing

PMC Racing was founded by the late Marion Beaver and has compiled race wins in both unlimited hydroplane boat racing and off-road racing.  Currently, Marion Beaver’s son Dan Beaver heads the operations of PMC Racing and fields a two-truck team in off-road desert racing.  PMC Racing spans three-generations of race drivers and Dan’s two sons, Jim and Trent Beaver are currently filling the driving duties for PMC Racing.  With multiple race wins to PMC Racing’s credit, their passion for off-road racing has never been stronger. 

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